January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 349 days remaining until the end of the year (350 in leap years ).
Events
27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate , marking the beginning of the Roman Empire .
378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal , enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán .
550 – Gothic War : The Ostrogoths , under King Totila , conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
750 – The army of Abdallah ibn Ali and Abu Awn Abd al-Malik ibn Yazid defeats that of Marwan II in the Battle of the Zab , bringing the Abbasid Revolution to completion.
929 – Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Córdoba .
1120 – The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem .
1362 – A storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German city of Rungholt on the island of Strand .
1412 – The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy .
1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I .
1547 – Ivan IV of Russia a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible becomes Czar of Russia.
1556 – Philip II becomes King of Spain.
1572 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
1581 – The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
1605 – The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote ) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain .
1707 – The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union , paving the way for the creation of Great Britain .
1761 – The British capture Pondichéry , India from the French.
1780 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of Cape St. Vincent .
1786 – Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson .
1809 – Peninsular War : The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña .
1847 – John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
1862 – Hartley Colliery Disaster : Two hundred four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompted a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
1878 – Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) : Battle of Philippopolis : Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
1883 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act , establishing the United States Civil Service , is passed.
1896 – Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM , Newport, Monmouthshire .
1900 – The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands .
1909 – Ernest Shackleton 's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole .
1919 – Temperance movement : The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.
1920 – Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
1920 – The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France .
1921 – The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa .
1924 – Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time.
1938 – Benny Goodman , and his band, performed in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City
1939 – The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England .
1942 – Crash of TWA Flight 3 , killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard .
1945 – Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker .
1964 – Hello, Dolly! (musical) starring Carol Channing opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
1969 – Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia , in protest against the Soviets ' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
1969 – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit , the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk .
1970 – Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects .
1979 – The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt .
1986 – First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force .
1991 – The Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq , beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).
1992 – El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
2001 – Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War .
2002 – The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden , al-Qaeda , and the remaining members of the Taliban .
2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
2005 – Romanian university lecturer and novelist Adriana Iliescu gives birth at 66 to her daughter Eliza, breaking the record for the oldest birth mother in the world
2006 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia 's new president . She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
2013 – An estimated 41 international workers are taken hostage in an attack in the town of In Aménas , Algeria.
Births
1093 – Isaac Komnenos , Byzantine son of Alexios I Komnenos (d. 1152)
1245 – Edmund Crouchback , English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1296)
1362 – Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland , English Duke (d. 1392)
1409 – René of Anjou (d. 1480)
1477 – Johannes Schöner , German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
1501 – Anthony Denny , English politician (d. 1559)
1516 – Bayinnaung , Burmese king (d. 1581)
1616 – François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort (d. 1669)
1626 – Lucas Achtschellinck , Belgian painter (d. 1699)
1634 – Dorothe Engelbretsdatter , Norwegian author and poet (d. 1716)
1675 – Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon , French soldier and diplomat (d. 1755)
1691 – Peter Scheemakers , Belgian sculptor (d. 1781)
1728 – Niccolò Piccinni , Italian composer and educator (d. 1800)
1749 – Vittorio Alfieri , Italian poet and playwright (d. 1803)
1757 – Richard Goodwin Keats , English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1834)
1807 – Charles Henry Davis , American admiral (d. 1877)
1815 – Henry Halleck , American lawyer, general, and scholar (d. 1872)
1821 – John C. Breckinridge , American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States (d. 1875)
1834 – Robert R. Hitt , American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1906)
1836 – Francis II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1894)
1838 – Franz Brentano , German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
1844 – Ismail Qemali , Albanian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1919)
1853 – Johnston Forbes-Robertson , English actor and manager (d. 1937)
1853 – Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton , Greek-English general (d. 1947)
1853 – André Michelin , French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (d. 1931)
1855 – Eleanor Marx , English activist and author (d. 1898)
1870 – Jüri Jaakson , Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia (d. 1942)
1872 – Henri Büsser , French organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1973)
1872 – Edward Gordon Craig , English actor, director, and producer (d. 1966)
1874 – Robert W. Service , English-Canadian poet and author (d. 1958)
1875 – Leonor Michaelis , German biochemist and physician (d. 1947)
1876 – Claude Buckenham , English cricketer and footballer (d. 1937)
1878 – Harry Carey , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1947)
1880 – Samuel Jones , American high jumper (d. 1954)
1882 – Robert Lane , Canadian soccer player (d. 1940)
1882 – Margaret Wilson , American author (d. 1973)
1885 – Zhou Zuoren , Chinese author and translator (d. 1967)
1886 – John Hamilton , American actor (d. 1958)
1888 – Osip Brik , Russian author and critic (d. 1945)
1893 – Daisy Kennedy , Australian violinist (d. 1981)
1894 – Irving Mills , American publisher (d. 1985)
1895 – Evripidis Bakirtzis , Greek soldier and politician (d. 1947)
1895 – T. M. Sabaratnam , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
1895 – Nat Schachner , American lawyer, chemist, and author (d. 1955)
1896 – Ruth Rose , American screenwriter (d. 1978)
1897 – Carlos Pellicer , Mexican poet and academic (d. 1977)
1898 – Margaret Booth , American producer and editor (d. 2002)
1898 – Bedia Muvahhit , Turkish actress (d. 1994)
1898 – Irving Rapper , English-American director and producer (d. 1999)
1900 – Edith Frank , German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank (d. 1945)
1901 – Fulgencio Batista , Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (d. 1973)
1901 – Frank Zamboni , American businessman, founded the Zamboni Company (d. 1988)
1902 – Eric Liddell , Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary (d. 1945)
1903 – William Grover-Williams , English-French race car driver (d. 1945)
1905 – Ernesto Halffter , Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)
1906 – Johannes Brenner , Estonian footballer and pilot (d. 1975)
1906 – Diana Wynyard , English actress (d. 1964)
1907 – Alexander Knox , Canadian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1907 – Paul Nitze , American banker and politician, 10th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2004)
1908 – Ethel Merman , American actress and singer (d. 1984)
1908 – Günther Prien , German captain (d. 1941)
1910 – Dizzy Dean , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1974)
1911 – Eduardo Frei Montalva , Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (d. 1982)
1911 – Roger Lapébie , French cyclist (d. 1996)
1914 – Roger Wagner , French-American conductor and educator (d. 1992)
1915 – Leslie H. Martinson , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1916 – Philip Lucock , English-Australian minister and politician (d. 1996)
1917 – Carl Karcher , American businessman, founded Carl's Jr. (d. 2008)
1918 – Nel Benschop , Dutch poet and educator (d. 2005)
1918 – Allan Ekelund , Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009)
1918 – Clem Jones , Australian surveyor and politician, 8th Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007)
1918 – Stirling Silliphant , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
1919 – Jerome Horwitz , American chemist and academic (d. 2012)
1920 – Alberto Crespo , Argentinian race car driver (d. 1991)
1920 – Elliott Reid , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1921 – Francesco Scavullo , American photographer (d. 2004)
1922 – Ernesto Bonino , Italian singer (d. 2008)
1923 – Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg (d. 2014)
1923 – Gene Feist , American director and playwright, co-founded the Roundabout Theatre Company (d. 2014)
1923 – Anthony Hecht , American soldier, poet, and academic (d. 2004)
1923 – Keith Shackleton , English painter and television host (d. 2015)
1924 – Katy Jurado , Mexican actress (d. 2002)
1925 – Peter Hirsch , English metallurgist and academic
1925 – James Robinson Risner , American general (d. 2013)
1925 – Harold Switzer , American actor and singer (d. 1967)
1926 – O. P. Nayyar , Indian director and composer (d. 2007)
1928 – William Kennedy , American journalist, historian, and author
1928 – Pilar Lorengar , Spanish soprano (d. 1996)
1929 – Shigeru Kōyama , Japanese actor
1929 – Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah , Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic (d. 2014)
1930 – Clarence Ray Allen , American murderer (d. 2006)
1930 – Mary Ann McMorrow , American lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
1930 – Norman Podhoretz , American journalist and author
1930 – Paula Tilbrook , English actress
1931 – Robert L. Park , American physicist and academic
1931 – Johannes Rau , German journalist and politician, 8th Federal President of Germany (d. 2006)
1932 – Victor Ciocâltea , Romanian chess player (d. 1983)
1932 – Dian Fossey , American zoologist and anthropologist (d. 1985)
1933 – Susan Sontag , American author and playwright (d. 2004)
1934 – Marilyn Horne , American soprano and actress
1935 – A. J. Foyt , American race car driver
1935 – Udo Lattek , German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1936 – Michael White , Scottish actor and producer
1937 – Lorraine Bayly , Australian actress
1937 – Luiz Bueno , Brazilian race car driver (d. 2011)
1937 – Francis George , American cardinal (d. 2015)
1938 – Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (d. 2015)
1938 – Michael Pataki , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
1938 – Jô Soares , Brazilian comedian, actor, and talk show host
1938 – Marina Vaizey , American journalist and critic
1939 – Mac Curtis , American singer (d. 2013)
1939 – Ralph Gibson , American photographer
1940 – Lepa Lukić , Serbian singer
1941 – Christine Truman , English tennis player and sportscaster
1942 – René Angélil , Canadian singer and manager
1942 – Barbara Lynn , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Gavin Bryars , English bassist and composer
1943 – Brian Ferneyhough , English composer and academic
1944 – Dieter Moebius , Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (Cluster , Harmonia , and Moebius & Plank ) (d. 2015)
1944 – Jim Stafford , American singer-songwriter and actor
1944 – Jill Tarter , American astronomer
1944 – Judy Baar Topinka , American journalist and politician (d. 2014)
1945 – Wim Suurbier , Dutch footballer and manager
1946 – Kabir Bedi , Indian actor
1946 – Ronnie Milsap , American singer and pianist
1946 – Katia Ricciarelli , Italian soprano and actress
1947 – Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy , English academic and politician
1947 – Magdalen Nabb , English author and educator (d. 2007)
1947 – Sara Jane Olson , American criminal
1947 – Harvey Proctor , English politician
1947 – Laura Schlessinger , American physiologist, talk show host, and author
1948 – John Carpenter , American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
1948 – Ants Laaneots , Estonian military general, former Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian Defence Forces
1948 – Dalvanius Prime , New Zealand singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1948 – Ruth Reichl , American journalist and critic
1948 – Cliff Thorburn , Canadian snooker player
1949 – Anne F. Beiler , American businesswoman, founded Auntie Anne's
1949 – R. F. Foster , Irish historian and academic
1949 – Oliver Humperdink , American wrestling manager (d. 2011)
1949 – Caroline Munro , English actress and singer
1949 – Andrew Refshauge , Australian physician and politician, 13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
1950 – Debbie Allen , American actress, dancer, and choreographer
1950 – Brian Castro , Hong Kong-Australian author and academic
1950 – Robert Schimmel , American comedian, actor, and producer (d. 2010)
1950 – Damo Suzuki , Japanese singer and guitarist (Can )
1951 – Glenn Ordway , American sportscaster
1952 – Fuad II of Egypt
1952 – L. Blaine Hammond , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1952 – Piercarlo Ghinzani , Italian race car driver
1952 – Julie Anne Peters , American engineer and author
1953 – Robert Jay Mathews , American militant, founded The Order (d. 1984)
1953 – John Stephen Hill , Canadian actor
1954 – Wolfgang Schmidt , German discus thrower
1954 – Vasili Zhupikov , Russian footballer and coach (d. 2015)
1955 – Jerry M. Linenger , American captain, physician, and astronaut
1956 – Jennifer Dale , Canadian actress and dancer
1956 – Wayne Daniel , Barbadian cricketer
1956 – Martin Jol , Dutch footballer and manager
1956 – Ivan Safronov , Russian journalist and engineer (d. 2007)
1957 – Jurijs Andrejevs , Latvian footballer and manager
1957 – Ricardo Darín , Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter
1957 – Mark Pawsey , English businessman and politician
1958 – Andriy Bal , Ukrainian footballer and coach (d. 2014)
1958 – Anatoli Boukreev , Russian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1997)
1958 – Lena Ek , Swedish politician, 9th Swedish Minister for the Environment
1958 – Marla Frazee , American author and illustrator
1958 – Tony Pulis , Welsh footballer and manager
1958 – Andris Šķēle , Latvian politician and businessman, former Prime Minister of Latvia
1959 – Sade Adu , Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer
1959 – Juanita Bynum , American actress and singer
1959 – Kimiko Ikegami , Japanese actress
1959 – Lisa Milroy , Canadian painter and educator
1961 – Ronnie Lee Gardner , American criminal (d. 2010)
1961 – Paul Raven , English bass player (Killing Joke , Prong , Godflesh , Zilch , Society 1 , and Ministry ) (d. 2007)
1961 – Kenneth Sivertsen , Norwegian guitarist and composer (d. 2006)
1962 – Joel Fitzgibbon , Australian electrician and politician, 51st Australian Minister of Defence
1962 – Denis O'Hare , American-Irish actor and singer
1962 – John T. Riedl , American computer scientist and academic (d. 2013)
1962 – Ileana Salvador , Italian race walker
1962 – Paul Webb , English bass player (Talk Talk and .O.rang )
1963 – James May , English journalist and television host
1964 – Deyan Nedelchev , Bulgarian singer-songwriter
1965 – Maxine Jones , American singer (En Vogue )
1965 – Jill Sobule , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Anthony Washington , American discus thrower and hammer thrower
1967 – Dandy Sakano , Japanese comedian
1968 – Danni Ashe , American model, dancer, and businesswoman
1968 – David Chokachi , American actor
1968 – Rebecca Stead , American author
1969 – Neil Back , English rugby player and coach
1969 – Marinus Bester , German footballer
1969 – Stevie Jackson , Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Belle and Sebastian and The Vaselines )
1969 – Roy Jones, Jr. , American boxer, rapper, and actor
1969 – Per "Dead" Ohlin , Swedish singer-songwriter (Mayhem and Morbid ) (d. 1991)
1969 – Rich Ward , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fozzy , Stuck Mojo , and Adrenaline Mob )
1970 – Rick Bognar , Canadian wrestler and actor
1970 – Garth Ennis , Irish physiotherapist and author
1970 – Brendan O'Hare , Scottish drummer (Teenage Fanclub , Telstar Ponies , and Mogwai )
1970 – Ron Villone , American baseball player and coach
1971 – Sergi Bruguera , Spanish tennis player and coach
1971 – Jonathan Mangum , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Ruben Bagger , Danish footballer
1972 – Ang Christou , Australian footballer
1972 – Dameon Clarke , Canadian-American actor
1972 – Yuri Drozdov , Russian footballer and manager
1972 – Ezra Hendrickson , Vincentian footballer and manager
1972 – Salah Hissou , Moroccan runner
1972 – Joe Horn , American football player
1972 – Richard T. Jones , Japanese-American actor and producer
1972 – Greg Page , Australian singer and actor (The Wiggles )
1972 – Alen Peternac , Croatian footballer
1973 – Josie Davis , American actress and producer
1974 – Marlon Anderson , American baseball player and sportscaster
1974 – Brent Hinds , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Kate Moss , English model and fashion designer
1975 – Greg Strause , American director and producer
1975 – Gillian Iliana Waters , American actress
1975 – Anthony Taberna , Filipino journalist
1976 – Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie , Bahamian sprinter
1976 – Viktor Maslov , Russian race car driver
1976 – Martina Moravcová , Slovak swimmer
1976 – Roselle Nava , Filipino actress and singer turned politician
1977 – Jeff Foster , American basketball player
1977 – Ariel Ze'evi , Israeli martial artist
1978 – Alfredo Amézaga , Mexican baseball player
1979 – Aaliyah , American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 2001)
1979 – Toshiki Kashu , Japanese actor
1979 – Brenden Morrow , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Jason Ward , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Seydou Keita , Malian footballer
1980 – Lin-Manuel Miranda , American actor, playwright, and composer
1980 – Albert Pujols , Dominican-American baseball player
1980 – Katalin Vad , Hungarian porn actress and model
1981 – Jamie Lundmark , Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Nick Valensi , American guitarist (The Strokes )
1981 – Bobby Zamora , English footballer
1982 – Preston , English singer-songwriter (The Ordinary Boys )
1982 – Tuncay Şanlı , Turkish footballer
1982 – Birgitte Hjort Sørensen , Danish actress
1983 – Emanuel Pogatetz , Austrian footballer
1983 – Andriy Rusol , Ukrainian footballer
1984 – Stephan Lichtsteiner , Swiss footballer
1984 – Miroslav Radović , Serbian footballer
1984 – Jared Slingerland , Canadian guitarist
1984 – Kurt Travis , American singer-songwriter
1985 – Joe Flacco , American football player
1985 – Gintaras Januševičius , Russian-Lithuanian pianist
1985 – Sidharth Malhotra , Indian actor
1985 – Jonathan Richter , Danish footballer
1985 – Simon Richter , Danish footballer
1986 – Mason Gamble , American actor
1986 – Irina Kuzmina , Latvian tennis player
1986 – Paula Pareto , Argentinian martial artist
1986 – Johannes Rahn , German footballer
1986 – Mark Trumbo , American baseball player
1986 – Reto Ziegler , Swiss footballer
1987 – Charlotte Henshaw , English swimmer
1987 – Lauren McAvoy , English model
1988 – Nicklas Bendtner , Danish footballer
1988 – Jorge Torres Nilo , Mexican footballer
1988 – FKA twigs , English singer-songwriter, dancer, and producer
1988 – Li Xiaoxia , Chinese table tennis player
1988 – Alex Gonzaga , Filipino actress, host, and writer
1989 – Yvonne Zima , American actress
1991 – Matt Duchene , Canadian ice hockey player
1992 – Matt Doherty , Irish footballer
1992 – Maja Keuc , Slovenian singer
1993 – Hannes Anier , Estonian footballer
1993 – Amandine Hesse , French tennis player
1994 – Charlotte Best , Australian model and actress
1995 – Mikaela Turik , Australian-Canadian cricketer
Deaths
378 – Chak Tok Ich'aak I , Mayan king
654 – Gao Jifu , Chinese politician, Chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 596)
957 – Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i , senior official of the Tulunid, Abbasid and Ikhshidid dynasties (b. 871)
970 – Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople
1327 – Nikephoros Choumnos , Byzantine monk, scholar, and politician (b. 1250)
1387 – Elizabeth of Bosnia (b. 1339)
1400 – John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter , English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (b. 1352)
1545 – George Spalatin , German priest and reformer (b. 1484)
1547 – Johannes Schöner , German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)
1554 – Christiern Pedersen , Danish publisher and scholar (b. 1480)
1585 – Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln , English admiral and politician (b. 1512)
1592 – John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern (b. 1543)
1595 – Murad III , Ottoman sultan (b. 1546)
1659 – Charles Annibal Fabrot , French lawyer (b. 1580)
1710 – Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
1711 – Joseph Vaz , Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651)
1747 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes , German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
1748 – Arnold Drakenborch , Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
1750 – Ivan Trubetskoy , Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
1752 – Francis Blomefield , English historian and author (b. 1705)
1794 – Edward Gibbon , English historian and politician (b. 1737)
1809 – John Moore , Scottish general (b. 1761)
1817 – Alexander J. Dallas , Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
1834 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette , French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)
1856 – Thaddeus William Harris , American entomologist and botanist (b. 1795)
1864 – Anton Schindler , Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
1865 – Edmond François Valentin About , French journalist and author (b. 1828)
1879 – Octave Crémazie , Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
1886 – Amilcare Ponchielli , Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
1891 – Léo Delibes , French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
1898 – Charles Pelham Villiers , English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
1901 – Jules Barbier , French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
1901 – Arnold Böcklin , Swiss painter (b. 1827)
1901 – Hiram Rhodes Revels , American solder, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
1906 – Marshall Field , American businessman, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
1907 – Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte , French daughter of Napoleon (b. 1816)
1917 – George Dewey , American admiral (b. 1837)
1919 – Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
1920 – Reginald De Koven , American composer and critic (b. 1859)
1933 – Bekir Sami Kunduh , Turkish politician (b. 1867)
1935 – Fred Barker , American criminal (b. 1901)
1935 – Ma Barker , American criminal (b. 1871)
1936 – Albert Fish , American serial killer (b. 1870)
1938 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)
1939 – William O'Connor , American fencer (b. 1864)
1942 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850)
1942 – Villem Grünthal-Ridala , Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)
1942 – Carole Lombard , American actress and singer (b. 1908)
1942 – Ernst Scheller , German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1899)
1957 – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone , English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (b. 1874)
1957 – Arturo Toscanini , Italian cellist and conductor (b. 1867)
1959 – Phan Khôi , Vietnamese journalist and author (b. 1887)
1960 – Arthur Darby , English rugby player (b. 1876)
1961 – Max Schöne , German swimmer (b. 1880)
1962 – Frank Hurley , Australian photographer, director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1885)
1962 – Ivan Meštrović , Croatian sculptor; designed the Gregory of Nin , The Bowman and The Spearman , Monument to the Unknown Hero , Pobednik (b. 1883)
1963 – Ike Quebec , American saxophonist (b. 1918)
1967 – Robert J. Van de Graaff , American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
1968 – Bob Jones, Sr. , American evangelist, founded Bob Jones University (b. 1883)
1968 – Panagiotis Poulitsas , Greek judge and archeologist (b. 1881)
1969 – Vernon Duke , Russian-American composer and songwriter (b. 1903)
1971 – Philippe Thys , Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
1972 – Teller Ammons , American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (b. 1895)
1972 – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. , American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (b. 1919)
1975 – Israel Abramofsky , Russian-American painter (b. 1888)
1978 – A. V. Kulasingham , Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1890)
1979 – Ted Cassidy , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1932)
1979 – August Heissmeyer , German SS officer (b. 1897)
1981 – Bernard Lee , English actor (b. 1908)
1982 – Red Smith , American journalist (b. 1905)
1985 – Robert Fitzgerald , American poet, critic, and translator (b. 1910)
1986 – Herbert W. Armstrong , American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
1987 – Bertram Wainer , Australian physician and activist (b. 1928)
1988 – Andrija Artuković , Croatian Ustaše leader, Porajmos perpetrator (b. 1899)
1988 – Ballard Berkeley , English actor (b. 1904)
1989 – Prem Nazir , Indian actor (b. 1926)
1993 – Glenn Corbett , American actor (b. 1930)
1993 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson , Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (b. 1960)
1995 – Eric Mottram , English poet and critic (b. 1924)
1996 – Marcia Davenport , American author and critic (b. 1903)
1996 – Kaye Webb , English journalist and publisher (b. 1914)
1997 – Ennis Cosby, American educator (b. 1969)
1997 – Markus Hoffmann , German actor (b. 1971)
1998 – Dimitris Horn , Greek actor (b. 1921)
1999 – Jim McClelland , Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science (b. 1915)
2000 – Will "Dub" Jones , American singer (The Coasters and The Cadets ) (b. 1928)
2000 – Robert R. Wilson , American physicist and academic (b. 1914)
2001 – Auberon Waugh , English author and journalist (b. 1939)
2002 – Robert Hanbury Brown , English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
2002 – Bobo Olson , American boxer (b. 1928)
2002 – Ron Taylor , American actor and singer (b. 1952)
2003 – Richard Wainwright , English politician (b. 1918)
2004 – Kalevi Sorsa , Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
2005 – Marjorie Williams , American journalist and author (b. 1958)
2006 – Stanley Biber , American soldier and physician (b. 1923)
2007 – Ron Carey , American actor (b. 1935)
2007 – Benny Parsons , American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1941)
2009 – Joe Erskine , American boxer and runner (b. 1930)
2009 – John Mortimer , English lawyer and author (b. 1923)
2009 – Andrew Wyeth , American painter (b. 1917)
2010 – Glen Bell , American businessman, founded Taco Bell (b. 1923)
2012 – Joe Bygraves , Jamaican-English boxer (b. 1931)
2012 – Jimmy Castor , American saxophonist (b. 1940)
2012 – Mike Current , American football player (b. 1945)
2012 – Sigursteinn Gíslason , Icelandic footballer and manager (b. 1968)
2012 – Lorna Kesterson , American journalist and politician (b. 1925)
2012 – Gustav Leonhardt , Dutch pianist, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1928)
2013 – Wayne D. Anderson , American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
2013 – André Cassagnes , French technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (b. 1926)
2013 – Gussie Moran , American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1923)
2013 – Pauline Phillips , American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (b. 1918)
2013 – Nic Potter , English bass player and songwriter (Van der Graaf Generator and The Misunderstood ) (b. 1951)
2013 – Glen P. Robinson , American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (b. 1923)
2014 – Gary Arlington , American author and illustrator (b. 1938)
2014 – Ruth Duccini , American actress (b. 1918)
2014 – Wiley W. Hilburn , American journalist and academic (b. 1938)
2014 – Russell Johnson , American actor (b. 1924)
2014 – Dave Madden , Canadian-American actor (b. 1931)
2014 – Hiroo Onoda , Japanese lieutenant (b. 1922)
2014 – Bud Spangler , American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1938)
2015 – Miriam Akavia , Polish-Israeli author and translator (b. 1927)
2015 – Ian Athfield , New Zealand architect (b. 1940)
2015 – Yao Beina , Chinese singer (b. 1981)
2015 – Stuart Loory , American journalist and academic (b. 1932)
2015 – Rimma Markova Russian actress (b. 1925)
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